Shloka 25

कृष्णोपदेशः, अर्जुनस्य क्षमा-याचनम्, कर्णवध-अनुज्ञा

Krishna’s Counsel, Arjuna’s Apology, and Authorization for Karṇa’s Slaying

Devanagari script

ततः कर्णो भृशं क्रुद्धो भीम॑ं नवभिरायसै:

Transliteration

tataḥ karṇo bhṛśaṃ kruddho bhīmaṃ navabhir āyasaiḥ

Translation

桑阇耶说道：随即迦尔纳怒火炽盛，以九支铁杆利矢击中毗摩——此举更添战势之酷烈；在护法之战中，愤怒驱使武士步步加重手段，也考验着克制的边界。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त)

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भृशम्: exceedingly, greatly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम्
• Form: अव्यय

• क्रुद्धः: angered
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध् (धातु) → क्रुद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (भूतकृदन्त, क्त)

• भीमम्: Bhima
• भीमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• नवभिः: with nine
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• आयसैः: with iron (ones), iron-made
• आयसैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna
• Bhima
• iron missiles/weapons

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) escalates violence and clouds discernment even in a dharma-framed battlefield; it implicitly warns that inner restraint is as crucial as martial skill, since wrath can push action beyond measured duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Karṇa, overcome by intense anger, attacks Bhīma with nine iron weapons/missiles, marking a sharp intensification in their direct combat during the Kurukṣetra war.